WBSA

WBSA

City	Boaz, Alabama
Slogan	"Total Christian Radio"
Frequency	1300 AM (kHz)
First air date	October 1, 1959 (as WAVC)^[1]
Format	Christian/Southern Gospel
Power	1,000 watts (day) 37 watts (night)
Class	D
Facility ID	71098
Transmitter coordinates	34°12′50″N 86°09′10″W / 34.21389°N 86.15278°W / 34.21389; -86.15278
Callsign meaning	B oaS (S substitutes for Z) Alabama
Former callsigns	WAVC (1959-1961)
Owner	Watkins Broadcasting, Inc.
Website	wbsaam.com

WBSA (1300 AM, "Total Christian Radio") is a radio station licensed to serve Boaz, Alabama. The station is owned by Watkins Broadcasting, Inc. It airs a Christian radio format featuring Southern Gospel music.^[2] WBSA is the only radio station licensed to Boaz, Alabama, by the Federal Communications Commission. WBSA plays southern gospel and bluegrass gospel music. They also have on-air devotions.

On air personalities include Dale Johnson, Chris Watkins, James Cornelius, and Regina Leeth. WBSA carries the weekly football games of the Boaz High School Pirates.

History

This station began regular broadcasting on October 1, 1959, as WAVC.^[1] Owned by Ken Sparks and Albert Vearl Cicero (for whom the station was named), WAVC played a mix of popular music, rock'n'roll, and easy listening.^[1] In 1961, WAVC was bought by L.D. Bentley and Glenn Cornelius (as Radio Sand Mountain, Inc.) and the callsign was changed to the current WBSA.^[3] Cornelius operated WBSA until 1982 when it was purchased by Bill Huber and Lawrence Kennamer (as Sand Mountain Advertising, Inc.).^[4] The new owners changed the format to Southern Gospel music. In October 1994, the station was purchased by Reverend Roger Watkins, a Baptist minister and evangelist, as Watkins Broadcasting, Inc.^[5]

WBSA celebrated 50 years of broadcasting in 2009.

The station acquired an FM translator during the first AM Revitalization window in 2016; that station went on the air in late May 2016 on 93.5 MHz. (Taken from Alabama Broadcast Media Page)

References

1 2 3 "Station History". WBSA 1300AM. Retrieved 2008-10-10.
↑ "Station Information Profile". Arbitron.
↑ "Call Sign History". FCC Media Bureau CDBS Public Access Database.
↑ "Application Search Details (BAL-19820421HC)". FCC Media Bureau. 1982-06-08.
↑ "Application Search Details (BAL-19940701EI)". FCC Media Bureau. 1994-10-20.

External links

WBSA official website

Query the FCC's AM station database for WBSA

Radio-Locator Information on WBSA

Query Nielsen Audio's AM station database for WBSA

Religious radio stations in the state of Alabama

Stations	WAKD – Sheffield WALN – Carrollton WAQG – Ozark WAQU – Selma WAXU – Troy WAYH – Harvest WBFR – Birmingham WBHY – Mobile WBSA – Boaz WBTG-FM – Sheffield WBXR – Hazel Green WDYF – Dothan WEBT – Langdale WELB – Elba WELL-FM – Dadeville WFBH-LP – Hamilton WGIB – Birmingham WGRW – Anniston WGTF – Dothan WIJD – Prichard WILF – Monroeville WIRB – Level Plains WJCK – Piedmont WJEC – Vernon WJIA – Guntersville WJIF – Opp WJIK – Fulton WJSD-LP – Henagar WKNG-FM – Heflin WKRE – Argo WKUA – Moundville WKWL – Florala WKZD - Priceville WLBF – Montgomery WLJR – Birmingham WLPR – Prichard WLVM – Chickasaw WMBV – Dixons Mills WMCJ – Cullman WMFT – Tuscaloosa WMGY – Montgomery WMMA – Irondale/Birmingham WMOB – Mobile WNGL – Mobile WPMR-LP – Russellville WQEM – Columbiana WQLS – Camden WRNF – Selma WRNK-LP – Lanett WSJL – Bessemer WSTF – Andalusia WTBB – Gadsden WTBJ – Oxford WTOF – Bay Minette WURY-LP – Phenix City WVMB-LP – Madison WVOB – Dothan WVPL – Dozier WWFC-LP – Bryant WXJC-FM – Cordova WYFD – Decatur

Defunct	WKOC-LP – Ider WUAC-LP – Tuscaloosa WZTQ – Centre

See also adult contemporary classic hits college country news/talk NPR oldies religious rock sports top 40 urban other radio stations in Alabama See also Classical Jazz Religious Spanish Smooth Jazz Other

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